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test your gullibility...how conditioned are you??

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posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:34 PM
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Anything other than 1? Water does have its dangers (i.e. drowning, the destruction of a tsunami, etc.)...so there is a great deal of room for individual opinion/discretion for anyone attempting to assign a 1-10 rating.



posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:36 PM
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I heard the Pakistanis got their hands on some of this stuff. We need our military to intervene ASAP.
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posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:37 PM
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Originally posted by blend57
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Hey! I'm not a pomp ass! I honestly just don't like people evaluating me. I have seen this before and so I was prepared to answer. Didn't give away anything like other posters did. Just used your scoring and gave an answer.



Jeesh! What you gotta pick on the little guy for


ok i take that back....your not popass but an "honorable little guy"....your words lol
.yea and thanx for not baiting the answer like some other atsers
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posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:41 PM
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Its not really gullibility you are testing, but education level. Not everyone took chemistry, and not everyone that took it got a passing grade.



posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:41 PM
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as an additive to food products, including jarred baby food and baby formula, and even in many soups, carbonated beverages and supposedly "all-natural" fruit juices
in cough medicines and other liquid pharmaceuticals,
in spray-on oven cleaners,
in shampoos, shaving creams, deodorants and numerous other bathroom products,
in bathtub bubble products marketed to children,
as a preservative in grocery store fresh produce sections,
in the production of beer by all the major beer distributors,
in the coffee available at major coffee houses in the US and abroad,
in Formula One race cars, although its use is regulated by the Formula One Racing Commission, and
as a target of ongoing NASA planetary and stellar research.

I dont know too much of it and see it has pros and cons so I give it a 5



posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:44 PM
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bro i like you...but dude...its water!....why would you give it a five??



posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:44 PM
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Dihydrogen monoxide is H2O. I like water. Water is good.


Wasn't this done at a high school science fair to prove a point?
I know the MP of New Zealand received a letter about how dangerous dihydrogen monoxide is.
It is astonishing how gullible educated people can be. Maybe too smart for their own good in this
case. Just because a word sounds intimidating and like it could be evil, doesn't mean it's a bad
thing.


Here's a Snopes article about it.

Lets Ban Water



posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:47 PM
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Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
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Its not really gullibility you are testing, but education level. Not everyone took chemistry, and not everyone that took it got a passing grade.


i kind of agree, as i didnt get it as well........but latin numbers needs to known by people its used everywhere...
the word Oct = 8....learn 1 to 10 in greek and latin to understand some of the official names of at least plants and animals etc

peace



posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:49 PM
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Originally posted by thePharaoh
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bro i like you...but dude...its water!....why would you give it a five??

Because I was being gullible, um just sayen



posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 01:58 PM
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I got it. I aced chemistry. I just think that if you say you are testing "gullibility" you actually should be. In this case, you are testing someones education. Only someone with some education in chemistry would recognize it phrased that way.

And I suppose the OPs point is that those who didnt know what it was should research it before forming an opinion, which I kind of agree with. But, virtually everything we think we "know" is actually just hearsay, and we all rely to a very large degree on trusting the people around us not to lie to us or trick us.

(There are some great philosophical arguments to this effect.)

So, because those who didnt "fall for it" tend to be those who know some chemistry, and those who did tend to be those who didnt, you really arent testing gullibility. You are testing knowledge.

Those who didnt fall for this may in fact be a lot more gullible than those who did fall for it, in situations where they DONT know the answer.



posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 02:01 PM
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Originally posted by thePharaoh
...ok.....i wont score you but i will say.....the sky will fall on your house on the thrid night of the new year....unless you empty your cash account into mine....that is the only way to save yourself.....hurry my friend!


Cool, thanks. Whats your bank account info so I can transfer?
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posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 02:02 PM
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posted on Jun, 6 2011 @ 02:04 PM
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ATS has humor



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 03:30 PM
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let me guess...you scored it then took it back after reading everyone elses lol

....cool



posted on Jun, 7 2011 @ 03:33 PM
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Well seeing as how water can kill, i'd give it a 8..



posted on Jun, 18 2011 @ 02:06 AM
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As a science geek, my first response is to ask why you want to ban water

My second response is to say, "Ohhhh. Good one!"



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